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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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